Score-card for golf.



1.1. EATON & A. V. FREE.

SCORECARD FOR GOLF.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27.1914.

Lm. Patented 1135711917.

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JOSEPH J'. EATON AND ALBERT V. FREE, 0F YONKEBS, NEW YORK.

SCORE-CARD FOB GOLF.

l v v Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May i, 1917.

Application led il'uly 27, 1914. Serial No. 853,568. s

To all 'whom z't may concern: Y

Be it .known that we, JOSEPH J. EATON and ALBERT V. FREE, citizens of the United States, residing in Yonkers, in the county of Westchesterand State of New York have invented an Improvement in Score-Cards for Golf, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters l@ on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a score sheet or card for the game of golf; The invention has for its object to provide a score card or sheet with which the player can keep a record of the game without the use of a. pencil, and which record when once made cannot be altered except by making a new, record.

To this end, the card or sheet is provided. with a series of numbers for each hole in the game of golf, and these numbers are arranged in sequence from 1 to 10 or any other desired number, and each number is preferably inclosed by a boundary which forms a section of the card or sheet and may be partially severed from the sheet or card or may' be perforated, so as to be readily removable from the card or sheet and leave an opening therein, which latter represents the number of strokes required to play a given hole. v

Provision is also made for reglstering the total number of strokes required to complete the course. These and other features of this invention will be pointed out in the claim at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a golf score card embodying ,this invention, and

Fig. 2, a detail in Section to be referred to. Referring to the drawing, a, b represent '40 two score cards printed upon a single sheet or card, which is capable of being folded along the line c. Each of the cards a, b, is provided with numbers indicative of the holes on the course, and in the present instance each card isprovided with the numbers 1 to 18, which are arranged in a ver- Vtical column at the left hand side of the card. Thev numbers indicative of the holes may and preferably will be separated by lines 10, which extend transversely of the card and form transverse spaces or rows, in each of which is printed a series of numbers, which in the present instance run from v1 to 10 and indicate strokes. Each of the 5 stroke numbers in each horizontal row may be inclosed within a, boundary, herein shown as a circle 12, and said circles form sections 13 of the card, which -are capable of being removed by the player. v

On the card c, the numbered sections 13 are represented asl partially severed rom the card proper, and capable of 'being pressed ,by the linger of the player out of theplane of the card and into an inclined posltion, as represented in Fig. 2, so that the sectlon 13. can be taken hold of by the player and torn from the card.

On the card b, the numbered sections 13 are represented as perforated, so that they may be easily pushed out of the card. Between the numbers indicative of the holes and the serial numbers indicative of strokes, a space 14 is left in whichmay be printed numbers indicative of the length of the hole.

The numbersindicative of strokes are and may be arranged inl vertical columns, and

above the horizontal row of stroke numbers for the irst hole, a space or margin 15 is provided for the name of'the course and for the name of the player and the date on which the card is-used.

Below the horizontal row of stroke numbers for the last hole, a space or margin 16 is left on which is printed numbers arranged in columns and indicative of hundreds, tens and units. In the present instance the hundreds columnis provided with a single numeral, to wit l. The tens column with numerals from 0 to 9 andthe units column with numerals from 0 to 9. The numerals in these columns may be inclosed in a border, shown as square 17, and they may be made removable as above indicated, so that a record may be obtained of the total score. The space 16 at the bottom of the card may also be provided with any suitable words pertinent to the game and such as herein shown. A graphic illustration of the par or bogie of the course may be obtained by connecting the numbers indicating the par or bogie of the holes by lines 18, as represented on card a.

In operation, the player removes from the first row the number corresponding to the strokes required to play the No. 1 hole, which for illustration may be supposed to be five. In a like manner he removes from the remaining horizontal rows, the numbers corresponding to the number of strokes required to play each of the remaining holes, and at the end of the game, he removes from the total columns the numbers correspondsheets may ing to his total score. -In this manner the score card is provided with a permanent record and the scoring is eected withou the necessity of carrying a pencil.`

The invention is shown as embodied in a card, but it is not desired to limit the invention in this respect, as the invention may be embodied in a sheet and a plurality of the be assembled in the form of a book. f .A v

Claim': I A score sheet or card Afor golf, consisting of a sheet or card having printed thereon within the edges of the sheet or card a plurality of rows of numbers indicative' of strokes with corresponding numbers in the various rows arranged in columns, and having means bounding the individual numbers and for enabling the portion of the card associated 'with the individual numbers in each to be removed therefrom, the bounding means for the numbers in each column being spaced apartfromthe bounding means in adjacent columns.

' In testimony whereof, we have signed our` names to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnees.

JOSEPH J. EATON. ALBERT V. FREE. Witnesses:

H. C. Wenns,

THOMAS .Hmmm 

